Reflections on Implicit Racism in Campus Publications and Beyond
White supremacy is the force that has worked since the genocide of indigenous bodies and continued into trans-Atlantic slave trade ...
Opinion
The Wheels on the Bike: How Cycling Can Change Your Whole Perspective
I first started biking on campus last fall because living on Washington Street made it a necessity. But once I ...
Why Are We Here? Conceptualizing the Wesleyan University Experience
As a tour guide in the Admission Office, I tell strangers three times a week that I’m doubling-majoring in neuroscience ...
A Major Problem (Solved): Defining Success on Our Own Terms
It’s 2:37 p.m., hot and humid! After almost four hours of classes, I am exhausted. Nothing like good old economics ...
Wesleyan’s Issue with Tissue: Some Thoughts on Paper Towel Prohibition
Many of you Wesleyan students have probably noticed a change within the hallowed halls of many campus lavatories. At first, ...
Why You Should Care About D.C. Voting Rights
Over the last few weeks when I’ve told people at Wesleyan I’m from D.C., they ask me two questions: Am ...
Bringing the Syrian Refugee Crisis Home
When asked by a member of the audience if peace is possible in Syria at a recent History Matters Series ...
Hollywood’s Done Good, but It’s Not Done Yet
It’s 2015, and yes, we are still celebrating diversity in Hollywood. Andy Samberg, who hosted this year’s Emmy’s, joked, “The ...
Neither the First Word Nor the Last
A number of people have complained that those of us outraged by the implications and unwitting effects of Bryan Stascavage’s ...
Kim Davis and Church and State
On July 26, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all states with a 5-4 ruling. However, not everyone agreed with ...